RE: Why knocking is so important.
August 13, 2014 at 1:50 pm
(This post was last modified: August 13, 2014 at 1:51 pm by Simon Moon.)
(August 13, 2014 at 12:16 pm)Drich Wrote: The ABC is ASk, Seek Knock. The 123 is the indwellment of the holy Spirit. Meaning God becomes apart of you. If you are faithful to what you have been given in the way of the Holy Spirit, More (understanding/Spiritual gifts) will be given.
The Holy Spirit/God will personally guide and direct you.
So you say.
Yet you have not explained how we should go about determining whether your experience is anything other than a natural brain state being misinterpreted by your confirmation bias.
You have not explained how we should go about determining whether similar experiences that people of other religions have are not legitimate, and yours is not.
Lets say we sincerely attempt what you claim is a sure fire method and we get no results. How do we go about determining whether we are doing something wrong, or that there is simply nothing there?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
